Helpmann: The authorised biography of Sir Robert Helpmann, CBE

by Elizabeth Salter

The authorised biography of Sir Robert Helpmann, CBE

247 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Elizabeth Fulton Salter (2 Oct 1918-14 Mar 1981) was born into a Barossa Valley pioneering family which opened one of South Australia's first wineries.

An Australian expatriate author, Salter went to the United Kingdom in the 1952 and was later secretary to Dame Edith Sitwell from 1956 until Sitwell's death in 1964. During that time she wrote and published mystery novels. Later she wrote biographies.

She joined the ABC as a record librarian and script writer. During World War II she was WAAF officer in charge of entertainment. After Salter left Australia for England, she worked for the BBC and wrote professionally.

Select bibliography:
Daisy Bates: Queen of the Never Never
The lost impressionist
Dame Edith Sitwell
Tails she dies (unpublished on her death)
Once upon a tombstone
The voice of the peacock
Will to survive
Silver rain.

Reviews

[Kathryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Found it quite interesting but probably only because I am familiar with the arts scene in the mid 20th century and particularly in Australia